Hyuuga Neji glanced down at the upper body of Yamanaka Ino. A hand rose to the white and red fox mask covering his face, pulling it free in a single fluid motion. "Shikamaru, Kiba... you know what to do." Two other ANBU members appeared from the shadows on either side of him.
"Kage Kinen no jutsu!" The one on the right, wearing a cat mask, was the one who replied. Suddenly, the ground became brighter, and shadows formed, going in reverse though their previous actions.
"So... they ran... and before that... see here's where she got attacked... Okay, Shikamaru, memorize this sequence, figure out exactly what happened." Cat mask nodded, his hands together.
"I'll find out. Kiba, he came from that way." His head tilted to the North, as the ANBU member on Neji's left drew a scroll from his flak vest. He tilted his dog mask up away from his face, revealing the two red triangles on his cheeks. Blood dripped from his thumb as he bit down, before drawing the bloody appendage across the scroll. A line of blood formed, before thee scroll snapped back to a rolled up position. The end was tapped on the ground, after Inuzuka Kiba performed a few hand seals. A puff of smoke appeared, blowing away to reveal a small white dog. "Kyuumaru... Track down this scent." He crouched down, and dragged two fingers from his left hand through the blood on the ground. The fingers were held under the tiny dog's nose for a few seconds, before being wiped on the grass.
"You two are good? Then I'll begin." Hyuuga Neji turned back to the two pieces of the body, examining the cut. "Byakugan!" His eyes seemed to pulse, as they focused on the wound. After a few minutes of study, he turned. "Yes... these wounds were definitely made by the sword of Uchicha Sasuke..."
Nara Shikamaru pulled his hands apart and glanced over. "The silhouette's almost identical... But it would be a bit different, with him ten years older... As I see it, Ino was standing and watching her students practice with Kunai, and then she put a hand to her face. A few seconds after that, she turned, startled it looks like, and saw something which frightened her. A sword sliced her in half... And her students ran. A figure, most likely Orochimaru, stepped into the clearing, and then headed North. Hopefully, he was going to leave." Kyuumaru ran back into the clearing, jumping up onto Kiba's head and barking.
"Okay... Good, Good." Kiba nodded slowly. "Kyuumaru here followed the scent to the village borders, but didn't dare go any further." Neji nodded, replacing his mask.
"We'll report to Hokage-sama. Go!" Neji nodded. Kiba tapped his mask, so it fell back into place. The three then vanished in a swirl of leaves.